Wine-cooler



A. S. MORTON.

WINE COOLER.

No.- 439,084. Patented Oct. 21, 1890.

InUEnur UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT SUMNER MORTON, OF SUISUN, CALIFORNIA.

Ywires-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 439,084, dated October21, 1890.

Application filed July 25, 1890. Serial Ilm-359,933. (No model.)

To all whom it may con/cern,.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT SUMNER MOR- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in Suisun, Solano county, State of California, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Ice-Chest,Water- Cooler, and Bottle-Cooler, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its object, chiefly, to provide a combinedice-chest, Watercooler, and bottle-cooler for use in hotels,restaurants, saloons, and other situations to cool wines, liquors,mineral Waters, and other'bottled liquids, and to furnish iced Water fordrinking purposes; and it consists in the described construction andcombination of icechest, bottle-holder, and a water-cooler in which thewater is cooled and kept at loW temperature by the contents of theice-chestwithout being in direct contact with the ice, and which in turnserves as a cooling or refrigerating medium Without being in directcontact with the bottles, all as hereinafter more fully explained.

The following description explains the manner in which I proceed toconstruct a combined chest and cooler according to my invention, theaccompanying drawings being referred to therein by letters.

Figure 1 is a front elevation in longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 is aplan or top view.

The sides and bottom of the chest have hollow Walls filled with somenon-conducting material, and the interior is lined with metal to form aWater-holding compartment A. In the center of this space is a stationaryicebox B, .filling about one-third of the length, but of less depth thanthe compartment, so that the Water-space extends beneath as Well asaround the sides of the box. The top of the box is furnished with ahinged cover C, which should be filled with some non-conduct ingmaterial.

D is a bottle-holding tray, that forms also a top orV cover to theWater-compartment, but is not attached by hinges or otherwisepermanently fastened, and is removable for convenience in handling thebottles and in cleaning out thewater-compartment. The space on each sideof the ice-receptacle is covered by a tray, the edges d* of which aremade to lap over the surrounding edges formed by the side of theice-receptacle and the walls of the chest, and s'uflicient lap isprovided to make a close joint all around the rim.

D* are deep Water-tight cups or sockets surrounding the openings in thetray and standing clear of one another and of sufficient length to setinto and be surrounded by the Water, even when the quantity isconsiderably reduced and the Water-line is brought down quite 10W.

In the present construction about the same depth of space is left underthe bottom of the bottle-sockets as is left under the ice-receptacle,and as the Water should be kept always above the bottom of theice-holder by replenishing the Water-cooler from time to time as thesupply runs lovv it Will be seen that the bottle-holders are alwayssurrounded by a body of ice-cold Water, which constitutes the coolingmedium.

The Water-cooling compartment can be thoroughly cleaned by removing thebottletrays.

A trapped drip-pipe I leads from the iceholder through the bottom oflthe chest, and a faucet H furnishes means to draw ice-Water from theWater-compartment.

A cushion K, of sheet-lead or any other suitable material, is placed inthe bottom of each bottlesocket to prevent breakage `in case a bottle isaccidently dropped instead of being properly set in the receptacle. Whenplaced in these trays, the bottles are out of contact both with the iceand the Wat-er and are consequently in adryand clean state ready to beserved.

A chest of smaller capacity than the one herein described andillustrated could be constructed With a single bottle=holdingtray on oneside of the ice-holder, the tray on the opposite side being omitted.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The herein-described combined ice-chest, water-cooler, andbottle-cooler, consisting of the chest or box having a Water-holdingspace, an ice-receptacle in the center of the Watercompartment, theremovable bottle-cooling trays forming tops or covers to the Water- IOOcompartment and provided with deep Waterthat set into andare surroundedby the Water 1o tight cups or sockets, which set into the wain saidspace, substantially as described.

ter-cooling space, and an outlet from the Wa- In testimony that I claimthe foregoing I ter-cooling space provided With a faucet. have hereuntoset n1y hand and seal. 5 2. In combination with a Water-holder, anALBERT SUMNER MORTON [L s] ice-receptac1e settin g into the Water-spaceand partly closing the top thereof, and a bottle-f Vitnesses:

holding tray closin g the remaining part of the WILLIAM WOLF,

top and having Water-tight oups or sockets DORMAN B. PERKINS.

